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.Dd September 23, 1993
.Dt ASA 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm asa
.Nd interpret carriage-control characters.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility reads files sequentially, mapping
.Tn FORTRAN
carriage-control characters to line-printer control sequences,
and writes them to the standard output.
.Pp
The first character of each line is interpreted as a carriage-control
character.  The following characters are interpreted as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "<space>"
.It <space>
Output the rest of the line without change.
.It 0
Output a <newline> character before printing the rest of the line.
.It 1
Output a <formfeed> character before printing the rest of the line.
.It +
The trailing <newline> of the previous line is replaced by a <carriage-return>
before printing the rest of the line.
.El
.Pp
Lines beginning with characters other than the above are treated as if they
begin with <space>.
.Sh EXAMPLES
To view a file containing the output of a
.Tn FORTRAN program:
.Dl asa file
.Pp
To format the output of a
.Tn FORTRAN
program and redirect it to a line-printer.
.Dl a.out | asa | lpr
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The
.Nm
utility exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr f77 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility conforms to
.St -p1003.2-92 .
.Sh AUTHORS
J.T. Conklin, Winning Strategies, Inc.
